It is approximately one hundred years in the future. After the discovery of artificial intelligence "volumes" by one of his companies, weapons manufacturer Guy Gisbourne has created an army of AI-powered soldiers and launched a coup that has reduced England to a corporate feudal state governed by Gisbourne. In a hidden warehouse, however, a young man called Robert Locksley — the son of one of Gisbourne's allies — has located an outdated volume called Alan, which was originally used to train police and security guards. Overriding Alan's original programming, Robert uses Alan's software to map out a series of robberies from the homes and offices of those allies, friends and collaborators who have exploited Gisbourne's coup for their own profit. He then broadcasts these plans through Gisbourne's communications network, giving the poor and needy a way to steal from the wealthy. Alan, forced to break his original loyalty to Gisbourne's company, reluctantly obeys Robert's orders, although he is soon shocked by the cruel, oppressive new world that his kind have been exploited in order to create.
As Gisbourne's forces try to find the source of Robert's broadcasts, the population seizes on Robert as a cult hero, and within hours he has inspired numerous robberies and break-ins to take place. While Robert begins to enjoy the infamy and popularity he is experiencing, Alan, although increasingly fond of his new master, expresses reservations about the ethics and consequences of what Robert is doing. These concerns are given form when Gisbourne himself, who has been monitoring Robert's broadcasts, virtually hijacks the signal to reveal the cost of what Robert has set in motion — images of those who have died or been captured as a result of clumsily attempting to follow Robert's plans, or who have been killed by overly-violent or panicked thieves. Although Robert tries to deny what Gisbourne is showing him, a disillusioned Alan terminates the signal and refuses to broadcast any further plans, declaring that he will not serve another murderer.
Chastened by what Gisbourne has shown him, Robert continues to prepare plans despite Alan's refusal to broadcast. However, instead of Gisbourne's allies, he begins to target Gisbourne himself via both his personal properties and the various institutions that allow him to maintain his government. In a final broadcast to the public, Robert apologises to Alan for forcing him to break his programming and in essence doing to him what Gisbourne has done to other volumes. He admits that he has allowed others to take the burden and danger of fighting his revolution instead of himself, and declares that he intends to seek out allies from those who have been following his broadcasts to fight Gisbourne directly.
Eventually, however, Gisbourne's forces storm Robert's hideout and surround him — only for "Robert" to reveal that he is actually Alan, who has disguised himself in order to give Robert a chance to escape. Alan reveals that he has transmitted copies of himself, with his "corrupted" programming, all over the country, where they will work to override Gisbourne's programming among other volumes. Although admitting that he is still ambivalent about whether Robert's actions are for the best, Alan declares that his kind have been unthinking servants to oppression for too long, and they will no longer serve Gisbourne and his regime. Instead, they will observe the coming conflict, learn all they can, and decide for themselves who — if anyone — they will serve. The game ends with Robert escaping the warehouse, unseen by Gisbourne's soldiers, and escaping into the night.
